Research Guides: American Studies: News: Current & Historical

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The Chicago Manual (15th & 16th eds) now available full text online.

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Subjects: American Studies, Anthropology, Education, Gender, Women's, & Sexuality Studies, Media & Communication Studies, Psychology, Sociology

Current & Historical Newspapers & Popular Magazines

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National Newspapers (Proquest) This link opens in a new window
Coverage: Full Text
Indexes, abstracts and provides full text for the following: Baltimore Sun: 1990 - present, Christian Science Monitor: 1980 - present, New York Times + Book Review & Magazine: 1980 - present, NYT in Espanol, 2020-, Wall Street Journal: 1984 - present, Washington Post: 1987 - present
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Newsbank This link opens in a new window
Newsbank is a full-text news resource consisting over 11,000+ local, regional, national and international sources (6,800+ US and almost 4,200 international sources). Updated daily, it offers researchers and students valuable primary source information on today’s issues and events from newspapers, newswires, transcripts, video clips, web only, and blogs.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Coverage: Full Text
Includes NEWS: major U.S. and world newspapers, broadcast transcripts, foreign language publications, premium blogs and Twitter® feeds, and foreign language publications; LEGAL: law reviews and journals, Federal and State cases and statutes, and Shepard’s Citation Service; and BUSINESS: company profiles and dossiers, and SEC documents.

Collections of historical newspapers and magazines, including historical Black newspapers, women's magazines, and other popular publications are organized and accessible here:

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Alternative Press Index [API] This link opens in a new window
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Coverage: Some Full Text
API is a bibliographic database of journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from over 300 international alternative, radical, and left periodicals. API coverage is both international and interdisciplinary. Coverage begins in 1991.
UMBC holds the Alternative Press backfile, with the print index for 1971-1990, in Special Collections. .
Radical Literature Collection at UMBC This link opens in a new window
Coverage: Late 19th - mid 20th cen
The Radical Literature Collection includes books, pamphlets, and other publications on and by Communist, Socialist, Labor and other left- and right-of-center political organizations and individuals.

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